Miss Scherer's Weekly Update
5B Humanities
Our Week (October 21st to 25th)
In ELA, learners were introduced to writing a Character Change TDA. All week, we have been reading short passages and determining how the character changed from the beginning of the story to the end and what was the cause of that change. We will continue with practicing Character Change TDAs this week. Students were also given a Word Study Pretest. The pretest consisted of 40 "No Excuse Words" for 5th grade. This week, they will be bringing home a spelling list to practice.
In Social Studies, the students completed Episode 3 of the Exploration Simulation. They decided how their "crews" would work through the obstacles that they encountered. They also reflected upon how their "crew" has worked together thus far.
The students had a BLAST during Mix It Up day in the Cafeteria!
This Week...(October 28th to November 1st)
Looking Ahead...
Students will practice to proficiently respond to a text-dependent analysis writing prompt.
They will practice following the appropriate steps when responding to a text-dependent prompt. On Friday, they will complete a TDA Review and then will be tested next Monday.
In Social Studies, we will try to complete the last two episodes of the Exploration Simulation. After that, students will begin to write a simulation narrative.
Important Dates to Remember
10/28: Red Ribbon Week: Wear Red on Monday
10/31: Black, Orange, Purple/Halloween Dress Up Spirit Day
11/02: Decades Spirit Day
11/06: Camo Spirit Day
11/11: Red, White, Blue Spirit
11/15: End of 1st Trimester
Fall Conference Information
Conference dates: Monday, November 25 and Tuesday, November 26
Conference start times: Monday at 1:00 pm and Tuesday at 8:00 am
Conference end times: Monday at 7:45 pm and Tuesday at 3:45
Conference intervals (length): 15 minutes
Parent Scheduling Open date: November 4, 2019
Parent Schedule Closing date: November 15, 2019
Cycle Days
Monday: Day 6
Tuesday: Day 1
Wednesday: Day 2
Thursday: Day 3
Friday: Day 4